Marvin and Mae Acosta

The third of the three tickets that shared the $1.586 billion Powerball jackpot drawn on 13 January 2016 was sold at a 7-Eleven at 4092 Chino Hills Parkway in Chino Hills, California, about 35 miles east of Los Angeles. The store became a media encampment, collected the California Lottery's maximum $1 million retailer bonus and saw its lottery sales rise 80 per cent, but for six months nobody came forward. Marvin and Mae Acosta finally presented the ticket at the California Lottery's Van Nuys district office, and the lottery announced it on Tuesday 19 July 2016. Their share was $528.8 million and they took the cash option of $327.8 million before federal tax. They never appeared in public, released no photograph and gave no interviews. In a written statement they said they were "thankful and blessed" for "the rare gift that has been placed in our care", that they had assembled a team of legal and financial advisers before claiming, that "nearly all of this new resource" was committed "to a Trust and to charities that are important to us", and that "it is not our intention to become public figures". California Lottery director Hugo Lopez said officials were "thrilled they took time to assemble the right team before claiming".

The Acostas have never given an interview or released a photograph since their July 2016 written statement, and reporting through 2026 still records only that statement. Property records reported in 2016 showed a five-bedroom home they had bought for $475,000 in Eastvale, California, about 10 miles from the 7-Eleven; a neighbour said a moving van appeared at the house the day they claimed the prize.